Where can I find comprehensive ratings information for The Simpsons?

April 30, 2007 1:55 PM

Where can I find comprehensive ratings information for The Simpsons?

I have tried looking around for information on Simpsons ratings, but I have had trouble finding a definitive source for comparing the ratings throughout the year. Does anyone know of a good website with a searchable database for TV ratings?

posted by aftermarketradio to media & arts (5 comments total)

Are the user ratings like those at tv.com what you're looking for?
posted by blueberry at 2:10 PM on April 30, 2007

Clearly means ratings as in 'how many people watched the show'. Right?
posted by reklaw at 2:23 PM on April 30, 2007

I was thinking ratings as in 'This episode is rated TV-G.'
posted by box at 2:28 PM on April 30, 2007

Nielsen cracks down on sites that try to do this. Proprietary data, etc.

Some spot numbers going way back can be found at alt.tv.simpsons "Nielsen ratings".
posted by smackfu at 2:37 PM on April 30, 2007

Right, you're looking for Nielsen numbers. But the problem is that you have to pay a lot of money to get access to them, and the sites that do pay (like tv.com, yahoo, zap2it, etc) have very strict contractual rules about how they can display the stats. For example they aren't allowed to put them in tabular or graph form, only as a textual article. And I think they have restrictions on not archiving these posts too.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:10 PM on April 30, 2007